OK I have not been able to sleep for the past 13 hours and have been running between my regular animal duties and this forum and I am convinced I am doing something wrong. I got my two Torts Dipp and Dott (fiancé named them) last year as little hatchlings, they have grown roughly 1/2'' in my care. I actually got them as a gift and was very surprised when they showed up with the Fed-Ex guy. I didn't know they were coming so I was caught off guard. I live in NC, a humid place that gets snow from time to time, so I never thought about getting any Sulcatas as I thought that it was kind of a bad place to raise them, never the less they showed up he and I became responsible for them. I did some research on them and found out that no two care sheets agreed with each other. This was bad news as I had 2 little tots who needed things now. So I put them in a sweater box, put i a bowl of water and bought some Tortoise food. Shortly after reading some of these care sheets I realized that pre-made food was bad so I switched them over to moistened Orchard Grass, gave them some hide boxes, and give them about a half hour outside each day.
The problem I am having is that after seeing everyone on heres set-ups I think I may be inadvertently abusing my Torts. I soak them every day, I clean their box every day, I change their water 2 times a day at least, I give them calcium and vitamins, I let them outside for supervised adventures, but I can't help but think I am doing something wrong. I noticed alot of people keeping their Sulcatas on what looks like Coco Fiber, I was under the assumption that if they were kept too moist that they would get sick. Was I wrong and should I get them off of the news print? Is there any care sheets that you guys on here agree on that are good for raising babies? All of the one I see are so conflicting, one will say not to let them get above 90 degrees anther says 110, one says not to let them get down to 60 degrees another says they are fine at 45. One will say to keep humidity down, anther says that babies need high humidity, one says feed them only grass, another says to feed them mainly leafy greens. Please help me figure this out. I do wish I had found this forum a year ago. Well off to go clean some cages and check eggs Here are a couple of pictures of my little guys in their set up sorry the pics are kinda of garbage my good camera is at the shop.
Bonus points to anyone who can figure out why they are named Dipp and Dott.
The full set -up
Dipp the anti social please excuse the little poo next to him, I am about to clean that up.
Dott the extrovert
The problem I am having is that after seeing everyone on heres set-ups I think I may be inadvertently abusing my Torts. I soak them every day, I clean their box every day, I change their water 2 times a day at least, I give them calcium and vitamins, I let them outside for supervised adventures, but I can't help but think I am doing something wrong. I noticed alot of people keeping their Sulcatas on what looks like Coco Fiber, I was under the assumption that if they were kept too moist that they would get sick. Was I wrong and should I get them off of the news print? Is there any care sheets that you guys on here agree on that are good for raising babies? All of the one I see are so conflicting, one will say not to let them get above 90 degrees anther says 110, one says not to let them get down to 60 degrees another says they are fine at 45. One will say to keep humidity down, anther says that babies need high humidity, one says feed them only grass, another says to feed them mainly leafy greens. Please help me figure this out. I do wish I had found this forum a year ago. Well off to go clean some cages and check eggs Here are a couple of pictures of my little guys in their set up sorry the pics are kinda of garbage my good camera is at the shop.
Bonus points to anyone who can figure out why they are named Dipp and Dott.
The full set -up
Dipp the anti social please excuse the little poo next to him, I am about to clean that up.
Dott the extrovert